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Originally Posted by socalblue1
Lawump,
You pretty much nailed it.
1. IMO a huge part of the problem is a lack of quality training. Try to get into the one week class at region - you can't because the same guys are there every year, preventing others from that opportunity. It's supposed to be about training the trainers .....
2. LL mechanics are in a word, bizzare. Why is U2 running away from a trouble ball 50' away to get into the cutout? Why are U1, U2 & U3 all inside that tiny infield at the same time?
3. Until LL changes the WS assignment policy umpire quality is not going to improve. Frankly, I'm surprised that we see as many goodd umpires as we do at the WS level.
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I've heard phrases like "well, he retired as a 20 year DA last season, so this year he gets his WS as an umpire."
I fear LL thinks all jobs are interchangable. The person making the hotdogs could umpire, if he just chose to....